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An athletic and versatile sophomore wing ... Should see significant time at the shooting guard spot this season ... A good medium to long-range shooter ... Has the potential to be lethal from three-point distance ... Showed glimpses of his shooting range at times last season ... Has the ability to score off the dribble as well ... A good student who was named to the All-ACC Academic Team in 2008 ... Was a late signee in the 2007 recruiting class ... Came from the same prep school, Montverde (Fla.) Academy, that produced Demon Deacon junior L.D. Williams.
2007-08 (Freshman)
Saw action in 24 games off the bench ... Averaged 9.6 minutes per game ... Scored 2.6 points per game ... Averaged 3.0 points over 12 ACC contests ... Named to the All-ACC Academic Team, becoming just the sixth Deacon freshman to be named to the team since the award's inception in 1963 ... Made his collegiate debut Nov. 9 against Fairfield ... Poured in nine points and a season-high two steals ... Made 3-of-6 from three-point range ... Had two rebounds and a block against N.C. Central on Nov. 19 ... Turned in a block and a steal the following contest Nov. 23 against Winston-Salem State ... Made his ACC debut on Dec. 23 against Virginia Tech and came up big for the Deacs ... Stole the ball with 55 seconds remaining and Wake down by three ... Followed that play by banking in the game-tying three-pointer for his only points of the game and his first three since the season opener ... Began a stretch of solid play off the bench Feb. 6 against Georgia Tech ... Turned in eight points, two steals and two assists in 14 minutes against the Yellow Jackets ... Followed the performance with another eight points and season-highs of four rebounds and three assists Feb. 9 against Virginia ... Had arguably his best game of the season five days later at Florida State ... Scored a season-high 13 points in 18 minutes of action ... Went 5-of-7 from the floor, including a 3-of-5 mark from three-point range ... Had four points in Wake Forest's upset of No. 2-ranked Duke on Feb. 17 ... Pulled down three boards on March 1 at Georgia Tech ... Scored five points and had a pair of rebounds in the Deacs' ACC Tournament loss to FSU on March 13.
High School
Ranked as the No. 25 shooting guard and the No. 11 prospect in the state of Florida according to Rivals.com ... Also tabbed by Rivals as one of the top 150 prospects overall in the nation ... Rated by Scout.com as the No. 24 shooting guard nationally in the class of 2007 ... Listed among the top 100 players in the 2007 class by HoopsReport.com ... Part of a Wake Forest recruiting class that was ranked No. 30 in the country by Rivals ... Graduated from Montverde (Fla.) Academy in 2007 ... Played under coach Kevin Sutton for one season at Montverde ... Transferred from Sarasota Booker High School following his junior year ... Although he and Deacon junior L.D. Williams both attended Montverde, the two never played together ... As a senior, helped Montverde to a 30-0 record while averaging 14.5 points and 3.4 rebounds per game ... Also shot 48 percent from the floor, 43 percent from three-point range and 85 percent from the free throw line ... The Eagles were ranked No. 1 in the nation by Hoops USA and No. 4 in the country by USA Today in 2006-07 ... Others who played for Montverde in 2006-07 and went on to play Division I basketball include Solomon Alabi (Florida State), Joseph Katuka (George Washington) and Jean Michel Yotio (UCF) ... As a junior in 2005-06, helped Booker to the Florida 4A state title while averaging 20.3 points, 6.9 rebounds and 3.0 assists per game ... Played under coach Derrick Kirce at Booker ... Played for the U.S. All-Stars in the 2007 Capital Classic at the Comcast Center in College Park, Md. ... Started, scored 10 points and had two assists and two steals in a 149-145 loss to the Capital All-Stars ... Played AAU basketball for the Tallahassee Wildcats.
Personal
Given name is Gary Bernard Clark, Jr. ... Son of Gary, Sr. and Artrice Clark ... Born May 7, 1989 ... Native of Sarasota, Fla. ... Signed with the Deacons in the April signing period ... Chose Wake Forest over offers from Georgia, Illinois and Vanderbilt ... Undecided on a major.
